LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have reacted to the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, by President Bola Tinubu. It was earlier reported that the President suspended Bawa to allow for a proper investigation of the weighty allegations of abuse of office leveled against him. A statement issued…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Lagos State governor’s whereabouts and health condition have continued to generate concern among Nigerians. Nigerians have taken to Twitter to demand the whereabouts of President-elect, Bola Tinubu. As a result the hashtag ‘WhereIsTinubu?’ is now trending on Twitter. Nigerians became disturbed after Tinubu failed to mark his 71st birthday on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Enugu State, yesterday, said it is not aware of reports making the rounds that gunmen have issued a 10-day sit-at-home notice in the entire Igbo-Eze North Council of the state. State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, told The Guardian that it would verify the report, stressing that there…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent Press Release as issued by the Academy of International Affairs, led by Nigeria’s former External Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has continued to draw flaks from very concerned citizens including the public, who have variously, wondered where the former Minister and his associates had been, while the country’s natural resource…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has reacted to alert raised by the United States and United Kingdom on terrorists attack on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Recall that the United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ondo have denied arresting the gunmen behind the June 5 massacre of worshippers of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo. Forty of the 127 persons in the church were killed, leaving 87 survivors out of which 61 are currently on admission and 26 already discharged. Rumours filtered into…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan was not screened by the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential screening committee. The chairman of the seven-man committee and former APC National Chairman, John Odigie Oyegun disclosed this on Friday at the party Secretariat. Oyegun spoke after submitting the report of his committee to the party. He disclosed…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to their social media account to air their views on the arrest of popular Lagos socialite, Obi Iyiegbu’s fondly known as Obi Cubana, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA told Daily Trust that Obi Cubana may be prosecuted for alleged money laundering and illicit drug trafficking….